★ ★ ★ ★ It’s not easy to get Shakespeare’s most famous play down to fringe length from over 4 hours, but Sherman & Friends, a loose US theatre collective…

★ ★ ★ ★ Laurence Owen stands centre stage in an amphitheatre that might as well be a Roman Colosseum. There is something perfect that this autobiographical show is set…

★ ★ ★ ★ Stand-up is a craft, like any other, but in the age of Netflix specials and stadium tours, we are overwhelmed by the white male stand-up pontificating…

★ ★ ★ ★ Pain and I’s accessibility is woven into the very DNA of the piece. Before performer Sarah Hopfinger even starts, there are noise-cancelling headphones on display, comfy…

★ ★ ★ ★ Sometimes you just want a good solid bit of theatre. In Breathless we meet Sophie, a Devonian devotee of fashion and aspiring writer. She invites us…

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ At first you’d be forgiven for thinking that this show’s title is ironic! Harriet Dyer’s the quintessential Cornish Comedian; half mania, half Victoria Wood. Her…

★ ★ ★ Paul Wady has turned his life into a menu. He has ninety delectable morsels for us to sample, and in a very short period of time we…

★ ★ ★ Sometimes a reviewer has an impossible task. To convey the creative’s work, what they set out to achieve and whether it succeeded. Joshua (and Me), succeeds in…